Real Madrid star striker Kylian Mbappé, author of a double who could not avoid a scathing defeat (4-2) against Benfica Lisbon in the Champions League, spoke on Wednesday evening in the mixed zone, pointing out in particular the lack of consistency of the Spanish giant.
“I don’t have a clear explanation,” Mbappé declared to the press after this defeat which will force Real, 9th in the league phase, to go through the play-offs to hope to reach the round of 16 of the competition. We are not able to have consistency in our game, this is a problem that we must solve. We can’t be good one day and not the next, that’s not worthy of a team of champions. It hurts a little because we wanted to take advantage of February to improve, but we deserve the position we have. “.
“We need to be more consistent. We are missing a little bit of everything,” continued Mbappé, who had until then never spoken in the mixed zone after a Real defeat.
“We are not eliminated either”
“I’m not going to say it’s just an attitude problem or just a football problem, I think it’s a global problem. And in the Champions League, every detail counts. If you don’t come with all the ingredients to win a match at this level, you’ll take a beating…”, continued the French striker.
Asked about Benfica’s fourth goal, scored by Ukrainian goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin in the 98th minute, the captain of the Blues described it as a “disgrace”, even if it does not “change anything” for the Madrid club, forced to go through the play-offs like last season.
Mbappé, providential scorer for the White House with now 36 goals in 29 matches in all competitions, asked the demanding public at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium to support his team on Sunday in the derby against Rayo Vallecano.
“It was a bad game, but we’re not out either. It’s a different competition, in La Liga we are on a good dynamic. I ask the supporters to come to the Bernabéu to support their team. If the Bernabéu is behind us, I am sure we will have a good match,” predicted the French striker.
